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Not all mobile travel apps are worthy of space on your smartphone, but there are some gems you should download and take along on trips or use for booking your next one, according to a recent report. Just eight of 40 iOS and Android apps examined were deemed to be quality, including the mobile app from Chicago-based online travel agency Orbitz, according to the report by the Application Resource Center, which examined app-store star ratings and user reviews. Other brands scoring high for their mobile apps were Booking.com, Alaska Airlines, Kayak, TripAdvisor, TripIt, Hotels.com and Zipcar. They all rated better than a 67 average score on the 100-point Applause Travel App Quality Index. The...

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US Airways new jets for NN-Wmsbg are the CRJ-700 this upgrades the number of seats per aircraft from 50 to 67 seats on each flight...Improvements at Newport News- Williamsburg Airport. Construction workers are installing two outdoor escalators and stairs in front of the airport. Taxiway Rehabilitation...

Regarding the article "Animals In Flight: 'Comfort' Is An Elusive Zone' [Dec. 8, Page 1]:
I was a passenger on US Airways flight 5750 from Bradley to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 26. After settling down into my seat, I was shocked to see a pig walk...

When it comes to flying pigs, US Airways has a short institutional memory.
In October 2000, when waiting at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to board a flight to Pittsburgh, we heard loud squealing amid a commotion by a nearby gate. A US...

Can you bring a llama onto an airplane if it helps relieve your anxiety? What about a monkey or even a miniature horse?
The questions are not as far-fetched as they sound and were recently in the national spotlight when a woman was booted off a US...

It was a story right out of "The Onion" -- the article Sunday about the pig on a US Airways flight at Bradley International Airport [Nov. 30, news, "Pig Booted From Flight"]. I couldn't hold back the laughter until I thought about...

WINDSOR LOCKS — Passengers on a US Airways aircraft waiting to depart Bradley International Airport Wednesday morning were puzzled when they saw a pig board their flight.Puzzlement turned to concern for one of those passengers, University of...

Judith Patrizzi did it. So did Linda Petzler.They said "yes" when their airline asked whether they were interested in paying extra for a premium seat just before boarding — a kind of offer that's becoming increasingly common in the travel...

Republic Airways warned that its operation of regional flights for the nation's biggest airlines could be disrupted by a pilot shortage and labor standoff. Its shares fell 56 percent to their lowest level since January 2012. Republic disclosed late Friday...

Not all mobile travel apps are worthy of space on your smartphone, but there are some gems you should download and take along on trips or use for booking your next one, according to a recent report.Just eight of 40 iOS and Android apps examined were...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Gospel singer Richard Smallwood has just deplaned from the US Airways first-class cabin. He stops to take a few quick photographs with star-struck flight attendants and passengers, then hurries through the airport to a car and driver...

The days of earning miles based on distance traveled are over on many airlines. In recent years, a number of carriers have switched to revenue-based frequent-flier programs, so passengers earn miles or points based on how much they spend on the ticket,...

What would you do here if you had 36 hours to kill here? Tour an Art Deco neighborhood? Dine on goat stew at Tap Tap? Sample mojitos in the bars of South Beach?
They're all noble ideas. But I had to add one more to the list: a visit to the Pérez...

The wave of consolidation that swept the U.S. airline industry has markedly reduced competition at many of the nation's major airports, and passengers appear to be paying the price in higher fares and fees, an Associated Press analysis has found. Over the...

The last flight for US Airways will take place this fall, and one more name in airline history will disappear. The farewell flight for US Airways will be a red-eye — Flight 434 is scheduled to leave San Francisco around 10 p.m. and land in Philadelphia...

The grounding of hundreds of United Airlines flights because of a computer glitch marked the latest in a series of airline delays and cancellations in the last few years that experts blame on massive, interconnected computer systems that lack sufficient...

Hundreds of United Airlines flights were delayed Wednesday after the airline experienced computer problems for the second time in just over a month. A White House spokesman said President Barack Obama was briefed on the glitch and that it appeared...

Several high-profile technology glitches disrupted American business on Wednesday, when the New York Stock Exchange went down, shortly after a United Airlines computer hiccup grounded flights worldwide — and business types couldn’t read about those events...

Second cities tend to be like people with an inferiority complex, carrying with them a real or perceived belief that they cannot compare with their older, more intriguing and sophisticated siblings: Chicago versus New York. Liverpool versus London.
In...